The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-06-02

city Of Washington, turned to 1t and said:
"How l hate that flag" and yet when
checked, added: "But l would fight for it
now" The body Of these men are more
fitted 10 represent the Confederate States
than the Union people. l have no wish
10 discriminate against those who in good
faith acquiesced in the results Of the war,
but I do think 1t is a shame that within
twenty-five years aftor the war is over, the
Democratic party in power should empha.
s!zs to all the world their sympathy with
the Confederate Cause.
CLEVELAND NOT FREE PROM FAULT.
The President has not been free from
fault in this respect. The bias Of his
mind Is shown in s recent letter to the
committee who invited him TO attend the
unwilling Of the monument erected to the
memory Of John G. Calhoun. He says
he believes 'it would be we'll il all be
Calhoun thought and all he believed
and taught uK al big aspirations were
better kNo WI thM uH1erstood." What
would AhdreE Jackson hSye said to such
a sentiment Is this if uttered in his pres.
ence in the name Of the Democratic
party?
Nor cen it be said Of the President that
he has shown gratitude to the Union army
or satisfaction for the success Of the Union
cause, or sympathy for the men who Ok.
posed their lives for the preservation OF
their country. His innumerable vetoes Of
private pension bills, his indifference to
the sufferings Of invalid and INDECENT
Union soldiers scattered through the Coun.
try, do not indicate that feeling Of graft.
tude which l believe is universal among
all the loyal people of the United States.
The Democratic party, though containing
in its ranks many honorable and patriotic
men, 10 not the representative OF the loyal
element OF the country, but is coniessed!y
composed Of the body OF sdherents to the
rebel cause, reinforced by the element we
thought disloyal in the North and those
who follow blindly, without questioning,
the name, memories and aspirations OF the
Democratic party, and the scattered vic.
TINS oil disappointment, inevitable in
political life.
l do not wish to utter one word to re.
| yive the animosities Of the war. That
Was fought out mantully and bravely by
the RECOMMENDING parties with such cour.
age as to inspire the respect Of each side
for the other, and to it's logical conclusion
Of the complete success OF the Union
cause. All that l ask ia that the defeated
party will honorsbiy fulfill the terms Of
their surrender, and that the results OF the
wer may he respected and observed with
honor by C~ontedeTatss, and firmly, but
with charity and kindness. by Union sol.
diers and ciljzsDB. For this l appeal alike
to Confederate and Union soldlera, TO the
blue and the gray, 80 that when passion
and prejudice disappear, both sides will
etand by each other in the Improvement
and development OF our great and Unlteq
country.
A STRIKING COMPARISON.
And this, fellow citizens, brings me to
tho vital controlling difference between
tho Two great parties now as during tho
war. From the beginning Of the Govern
ment, n theory tended to belittle, de.
tgrRde and lessen the authority OF tine ma
tioral Union. 1t favored a strict con-
struction Of the constitution; it construed
it like an indictment or q penal bond, ey-
cry doubt TaB 10 be resolved against il.
To them it was a contract which any State
might throw of at itH pleasure. They
called this tho right OF secession. They
called this Government q c%onfederaCy.
The Democratic party in later yeara fell
under the absolute dominion Of this the.
DRY. When they undertook in 1861 to
put their theories in practice. they OK.
presaly cslled their Government a Confed.
crate Government, and by their "constitu.
ton, they made slavery and the right Of
seCeeeion their corner stoneg, with JeiIer.
son Davis as their chief.
The opposite theory was that tho Gov
eminent formed by our fathers wss a Ma.
ti0nai Government, that the Constitution
war N indlEsoluble bond Of union, defin.
iDg the powers Of the Government, 10 be
construed literally, 30 AZ to carry Into Of.
feet the purposes OF ls trainers; that THE
YRs an ordinance, not OF the Statee, bat oil
the people, TO promote a more perfect
Union 10 preserve the bteeeinga OF tibor.
ty for themselves and their poBterity.
They we're Unionis;a they believed in the
growth, and strength, and power OF the
Republic. Tho Republican party Ia the
representative OF this theory. 1t mar
Bhaled the Union forces Tor the preacrva
tiOn OF the Union, and against secession
1t preserved the Union. hut for IL the
American Republic would have been {
thing OF the past. For t%wenty-iour year,
II administered tho executive branch O
the Government on these Ideas. 1t wal
this that enabled the Republican party +.
confer upon tho United Staten the ines
timablo bensilB Of a National currency
tho homestead policy, the protection an,
diversity Of our industries, tho vast OK
~tenBlon Of our railroads Hnl informal I'm
provemonin. !. is this marked diiferonc
between tho Two parties that lies at th,
foundation Of all questions Of public pol
10y.
IIvRis n nAnnoR BILL.
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